New York's Pennsylvania Station "Eagle" (Philadelphia)

Twenty-two eagles, fashioned by sculptor Adolph Weinman, carved in 1910 and weighing in at 5,700 pounds, each perched over the station's four entrances, alongside sets of maidens who were draped over huge clocks. All of the eagles survived the station's destruction in 1963. Only a few of Weinman's maidens escaped a New Jersey landfill. Somehow 4 of these eagles made it on to the four corners of the Market Street bridge.

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	5 months ago 12pud12sce	0
Two granite eagles from Penn Station facade placed on pedestals at Seventh Avenue entrance to new station; other eagles are disposed of as follows: one to Cooper Union where sculptor Adolph A. Weinman studied, one to National Zoo, four to Fairmount Park Commission for installation at four corners of Market Street Bridge, two to O'Hara Gymnasium of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, LI, one to LIRR station at Hicksville, one to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, one to Vinalhaven, Maine, site of quarries, and one to Hampden-Sydney College in Va.

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